The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Assessing the scale of homelessness in the United States is surprisingly difficult, with statistics failing to capture the diversity of unhoused people and their situations.

February 4 - The New York Times

Coronavirus infection, hospitalizations and most recently, deaths, are declining, but public health experts warn that more transmissible variant strains of the coronavirus threaten to overwhelm hospitals in the next few months.

February 4 - CIDRAP News

A counterintuitive argument contends that from a housing justice perspective, the Biden administration's attack on exclusionary zoning is imprudent.

February 4 - Shelterforce Magazine

Business as usual in the real estate industry is failing the economy and the political and social cohesion of the United States, according to a new initiative launched by the Brookings Institution.

February 3 - Brookings

President Biden's executive order may put the final nail in the coffin of the controversial pipeline project, but it was unwavering local activists who kept the pressure on for a decade.

February 3 - Atmos

An intimate look at what it’s like fighting for meaningful state-level rent relief when the powers that be don’t believe everyone is worth saving.

February 3 - Shelterforce Magazine

A new half-acre park is taking shape on a previously undeveloped hillside property in Chinatown, one of the more densely populated and park-poor areas in L.A.

February 3 - Urbanize Los Angeles

Local leaders are challenging state-mandated affordable housing requirements for the 2021-2029 cycle.

February 3 - Santa Monica Daily Press

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Many companies set goals to achieve by 2020 and came up short, while the effects of climate change were more obvious than ever in the year that was 2020.

February 3 - James Brasuell

Overlay districts provide a tool for guiding the future of development and environmental controls at the neighborhood level.

February 3 - WHYY

The Congressional Bike Caucus has reintroduced the Bikeshare Transit Act.

February 3 - Streetsblog USA

Renderings for the second phase of Amazon's second headquarters in Northern Virginia grabbed a lot of attention today.

February 2 - The Washington Post

In California, housing prices have shot up in resort areas like Lake Tahoe and Big Bear and in suburbs like Mountain House and Rancho Cucamonga. Are urbanities fleeing, or are young adults doing what young adults have always done?

February 2 - California Planning & Development Report

Dangerous behaviors picked up during the early, low-traffic days of the pandemic are partly to blame.

February 2 - The Washington Post

Cities could learn from the grocery store chain's successful navigation of the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

February 2 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research

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Singapore's carefully designed public housing that supports mixed-incomes, green space, and access to high-quality transportation is a good benchmark for the Biden administration's new push to root out systemic racism in the housing market.

February 2 - Robert Fischer

The history of planning is dominated by a few iconic figures—all white.

February 2 - Planning Magazine

Takeaways from last week's Senate confirmation hearing for the nominee to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg.

February 2 - Transportation for America

The de Blasio administration is offering a parting gift to the city's cyclists.

February 2 - The New York Times

All the heavy rail, light rail, bus rapid transit, and commuter rail projects expected to open in North American in 2021.

February 1 - theTransportPolitic